Holder for keys



April 13,1926. 1,581,016

D. I. REITER HOLDER FOR KEYS Filed August 9, 1922 INVENTOR .Dmie LIB eiLe r A TTORNEYS WITNESSE ;Patented Apr. 13, 1926. t

mars a s soar PATENT orricr DANIEL I. REITER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO BUXTON, INCORPORATED, 015

UNITED STATES SPRING-FIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDER FOR KEYS.

Application filed'August 9, 1922. Serial N0. 530,747.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL 1. Burma, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof the city of New York, borough of Man hattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Holder for Keys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a holder for )keys, and has for an object the provision of a simple and efficient holder which can be economically manufactured and is strong and durable. 7

Another object resides in the provision of means whereby the members which support the keys when once assembledon the holder cannot be removed but in the process of assembling can be so easily placed in the proper position on the device that the cost of manufacturing and the labor involved is substantially reduced.

A further object resides in the particular construction and arrangement of parts which are hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, in which I a Figure 1 is a front view of the holder.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of a key plate as it is stamped out.

Fig. 3 is a similar plate has been bent.

Fig. at is a section taken on the line .-'.l--l of Fig. 1.

view after the same of plate. 1 y

"Fig. 6 is an elevation of the plate shown in Fig. after it has been bent into form.

Fig. 7 is an elevation of a flat stamped plate of a still further modification.

Fig. 8 is an elevation of the same plate after ithas been bent into form.

The forms of the invention shown in the drawings are preferred forms, although it is understood that modifications in the construction and arrangement of the parts and in the character of the materials used may be adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention.

My invention in general contemplates the provision of a, preferably, stamped sheet metal plate provided with a plurality of slots, which plates can be made in large numbers at a very small cost. This plate is bent along one edge adjacent one end Fig. 5 is an elevation of a moditied form of the slot and rounded in a smooth curve so that this end of theslot is adapted to lie against a suitable backing or flexible folder. This particular end of the slot is preferably enlarged in one manner or another to per be turned around while in use but will not slip out, that portion of the slot from which it might be removed being disposed flat against the back.

As shown in the drawings, I have pro vided a plate 1 which is preferablyformed of some suitable sheet metal. The plate is provided with a pair of apertures 2 through which rivets or other fasteners 3 may ontend to hold the plate against a suitable folder or flexible backing at. This plate is preferably disposed against one edge of the central portion of the folder, leaving two wing portions 5 and 6 which can be folded over in the usual manner to enclose the keys r and the plate 1. This plate is provided along one edge, preferably the edge opposite the apertures 2, with a plurality of slots such as 8. These slots through their normal portion are of a definite width. At one end, adjacent the edge of the plate, each slot is provided with an enlarged portion such as 9. In the form of the plate shown in Fig. 2this enlarged portion is somewhat of thestyie of a bayonet slot arrangement.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the enlarged portions of the slots are formed by running the slots through to the edge of the plate and then shortening the length of the alternate fingers 1.0 thus formed. These fin- ,Q'ers are shortened by cutting away a portion and then by providing a short slot such as ll in the end of the remaining portion.

In the modification shown in Fig. 7, the plate is provided with a slot 8 which is extended to the edge of the plate, and then the edges of the fingers thus formed are cut away, as shown at 12, to'provide a sort of curved enlargement or opening for 'the slot 8.

In each of these formsof' plates, after the slots have been formed in one manner or another, the upper portion of the plate is bent in a smooth curve and rearwardly so that the upper edge of the plate when it is fastened onto the folder 4 lies fiat against the folder thereby substantially closing the enlarged portions of the slot.

The keys 7 are adapted'to be supported on flexible elements having hook-shaped portions '18 and an enlarged head portion 14, rather in the form of a swivel head. In the process of assembling the device, these swivel heads 14, after the plate has been formed, are inserted throughthe ei'ilargedportions of the slots in which the element is to be disposed and then the element is moved thence into the smaller main portion of the slot after-the holder or key-supporting elements are disposed in each slot, then the plate-1 is riveted or otherwise fastened to the folder a in the manner above described. The supporting elements 13 are formed to move back and forth in the normal portion of the slot and can rotate, the joints between them and the plate beingsort of swivel joints. I

It will thus be understood that inthe operation of the device I can readily assemble the key supporting elements on the plate after the plate has been formed and then by fastening theplate to the folder will prevent thesesupporting elements from being removed from the plate, although permitting them to freely move in those portions of the slot in which they lie. 'By this manner of constructing and assembling the device I reduce the. number of operations considerably and also reduce the number of parts needed to perform the operations.

hat I claim is 1. Akey holding device which includes a flexible folder and a plate, the latter having a slot therein adjacent one edge and an angularly turned portion terminating with an enlarged portion at the end of said slot, the portion of the plate adjacent said edge being bent around so that the enlarged portion of the slot is located at the rear of the plate, a

key' 'supporting element having anenlarged head to be inserted in the enlarged portion";

of said slot and then moved to lie in the smaller-portion of the-slot, and a folder; to

which said plate 'is fastened, the rear portion of the plate having the enlarged portion of the slot therein adapted to lie against the folder to substantially close the slot,

whereby the element supporting the keys can move and rotate in the slot but is prevented from being removed therefrom.

the slot is permitted, said plate having an enlarged portion adjacent the end of the first mentioned slot, as well as a narrow lateral passage connecting the two above mentioned slots,the dimensions of the enlarged slotted portion permitting the removal of the enlarged head from the plate, said enlarged portion and lateral passage being so located on theplate as to normally be covered by said flexible folder.

3-. A key holding device which includes a flexible folder and a plate, the latter having a long, narrow slot therein and an enlarged offset portion. at one end thereof connected to the main slot by a narrow passageway, a key holding element having the stem adapted to be disposed normally in the first slot, and an enlarged head portion having a di mension suflicient to permit it to be withdrawn when the element is disposed in the enlarged portion of the slotbut of a dimension insuflicient to permit it to be withdrawn when the element is disposed in the long narrow slotted port-ion, said enlarged portion and lateral passage being so located on the plate as to normally be covered by said flexible folder.

DANIEL I; nnrrnn. 

